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The Guinea Pig Club
Geraldine James narrates a documentary about the Guinea Pig Club, a drinking club whose members were former WWII pilots who cheated death and had a disfigurement to prove it.
The Guinea Pig Club is an exclusive drinking club with gruesome initiation rights. You have to have been a WWII pilot, cheated death and have a disfigurement to prove it.
The president of the club was Archibald McIndoe, a plastic surgeon who pioneered experimental surgery in order to rebuild their faces and hands to give them a chance of a normal life.
The Guinea Pig Club's legacy could hold the key to trauma recovery today.
Last on
Sat 24 Apr 2010
23:50
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Duration: 02:53
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Geraldine James |
| Director | Karen Kelly |
Broadcasts
- Wed 29 Jul 2009 22:20
- Thu 30 Jul 2009 02:30
- Mon 3 Aug 2009 01:35
- Fri 7 Aug 2009 00:30
- Sat 24 Apr 2010 23:50